{"id":12237,"date":"2026-05-23T05:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/?p=12237"},"modified":"2026-05-23T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:50:09","slug":"the-hosting-servers-seized-by-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/the-hosting-servers-seized-by-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The.Hosting Servers Seized by Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The.Hosting run by WorkTitans a Dutch company got their 800 servers seized by FIOD <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class='code-block code-block-6' style='margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;'>\n<!-- OnlHeaderResponsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5339207343588395\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9406207027\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Financial Crime investigation of Netherlands (FIOD) has seized over 800 servers belonging to WorkTitans &#8211; a Dutch company which runs &#8220;The.Hosting&#8221; brand. They even arrested the two men including the company director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why The.Hosting servers were seized? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The.Hosting &#8211; a VPS, dedicated and shared hosting provider (originally Stark Industries, now WorkTitans) was involved in cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns. According to the authorities, the suspects indirectly provided economic resources to Russian and Belarusian entities sanctioned by the European Union (EU). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The [Dutch] web hosting company, according to the research team, provided support to actions by the Russian Federation that undermine democracy and security, including through information manipulation and disruption of public and economic systems.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiod.nl\/fiod-houdt-twee-verdachten-aan-wegens-overtreding-sanctiewetgeving\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fiod.nl\/fiod-houdt-twee-verdachten-aan-wegens-overtreding-sanctiewetgeving\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fiod.nl\/fiod-houdt-twee-verdachten-aan-wegens-overtreding-sanctiewetgeving\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU added Stark Industries to the list of sanctioned entities&nbsp;last year on May 20. Following this restriction, the web hosting infrastructure was transferred to a newly created Dutch company WorkTitans that investigators believe acted as a front for the sanctioned entities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The.Hosting was originally named &#8220;PQ Hosting&#8221;. It&#8217;s name was also changed when European authorities sanctioned them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#thehosting #worktitans #server #vps #netherlands #cybersecurity<\/p>\n<!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The.Hosting run by WorkTitans a Dutch company got their 800 servers seized by FIOD Financial Crime investigation of Netherlands (FIOD) has seized over 800 servers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[273,300,147,427,789,183],"class_list":["post-12237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-hosting","tag-netherlands","tag-security","tag-vps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-online.com\/hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}